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Lemona Johnson: Police need more education about minorities, says the widow of a man shot by a policeman
Lemona Johnson: Police need more education about minorities, says the widow of a man shot by a policeman

Lemona Johnson: Police need more education about minorities, says the widow of a man shot by a policeman

Date9/27/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lemona Johnson: Police need more education about minorities; says the widow of a man shot by a policeman.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121551F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Widow attends trial: Lemona Johnson (right) with unidentified friend, enters courthouse today where two police are on trial for manslaughter in shooting death of her husband, Albert
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New Son of Slain Policeman, Pauline Maitland, widow of Constable Leslie Maitland, who was shot to death on duty Feb
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Lemona Johnson
Lemona Johnson
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A young Metro policeman told a jury yesterday how unarmed, he faced the man who had just shot his partner
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